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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: VFS deadlock ?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:21:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130321192146.GX21522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130321190653.GA15479@redhat.com>

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 03:06:53PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> Al, Linus,

> trinity-child2  D ffff880110b3a7e0  5448  7669      1 0x00000004
[sits in rename(), trying to grab ->i_mutex on a parent]

> Showing all locks held in the system:
> 4 locks on stack by trinity-child2/7669:
>  #0: blocked:  (sb_writers#4){.+.+.+}, instance: ffff8801292d17d8, at: [<ffffffff811df134>] mnt_want_write+0x24/0x50
>  #1: held:     (&type->s_vfs_rename_key){+.+.+.}, instance: ffff8801292d1928, at: [<ffffffff811c6f5e>] lock_rename+0x3e/0x120
>  #2: held:     (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#2/1){+.+.+.}, instance: ffff880110b3a858, at: [<ffffffff811c701e>] lock_rename+0xfe/0x120
>  #3: blocked:  (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#2/2){+.+.+.}, instance: ffff880110b3a858, at: [<ffffffff811c7034>] lock_rename+0x114/0x120

Wait a minute...  How the hell does it manage to sit with *two* blocked locks?
Confused...

  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-21 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-21 19:06 VFS deadlock ? Dave Jones
2013-03-21 19:21 ` Al Viro [this message]
2013-03-21 20:31   ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 19:29 ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 20:15   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 20:26     ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 20:32       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 20:36         ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 20:47           ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 21:02             ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 21:18               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 21:26                 ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 21:41                   ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 21:47                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 21:55                       ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 21:57                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 22:03                           ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 21:52                     ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 22:12                 ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 22:29                   ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 22:53                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-21 23:07                     ` Dave Jones
2013-03-21 23:36                     ` Al Viro
2013-03-21 23:58                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  0:01                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  0:12                           ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  0:20                             ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  0:22                             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  1:22                               ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  1:33                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  1:40                                   ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  4:37                                     ` [CFT] " Al Viro
2013-03-22  4:55                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  5:18                                         ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  5:33                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  6:09                                             ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  6:22                                               ` Al Viro
2013-03-22 16:23                                             ` Dave Jones
2013-03-22 19:43                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22 21:28                                               ` Al Viro
2013-03-22 22:57                                               ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-03-22  5:19                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  0:08                         ` Al Viro
2013-03-22  0:15                           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-03-22  0:19                             ` Linus Torvalds

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